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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Klebb have hidden in her boot?

2. How does the group of Russians watch Bond and Tatiana in bed?

3. Why does Tatiana want to take the Orient?

4. Who does Grant want to make it look like Bond has killed?

5. What does Tatiana take instead of a plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grant's say is the Russian's plot?

2. Why does the gypsy hesitate to let Bond into the compound?

3. How does Bond find out the man looking at him is a British agent?

4. What has Kerim arranged for Bond and Tatiana?

5. How does Bond kill Grant?

6. Who does Kerim say followed Bond the previous night?

7. What happens to the Russians when they reach the Turkish border?

8. How does Bond upset Tatiana?

9. How does Kerim die?

10. What new information does the gypsy give Kerim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Fleming use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Away from the main character examine the way Fleming uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters in the book and compare them to their character in the film FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE. What similarities does the character in the film share with its counterpart in the novel? How do the filmmakers update the character for a more modern audience? Why are these changes necessary?

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